2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/log.c b/src/nvim/log.c
index db36611933..225e40cdb4 100644
--- a/src/nvim/log.c
+++ b/src/nvim/log.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ static bool log_path_init(void)
 void log_init(void)
 {
   uv_mutex_init(&mutex);
+  log_path_init();
 }
 
 void log_lock(void)
diff --git a/src/nvim/main.c b/src/nvim/main.c
index c8959d9ad1..c7011f4f4e 100644
--- a/src/nvim/main.c
+++ b/src/nvim/main.c
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ static const char *err_extra_cmd =
 
 void event_init(void)
 {
-  log_init();
   loop_init(&main_loop, NULL);
   resize_events = multiqueue_new_child(main_loop.events);
 
@@ -220,6 +219,7 @@ void early_init(void)
   // First find out the home directory, needed to expand "~" in options.
   init_homedir();               // find real value of $HOME
   set_init_1();
+  log_init();
   TIME_MSG("inits 1");
 
   set_lang_var();               // set v:lang and v:ctype